Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.
2 Peter 1:14 - New International Version (Anglicised) because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Since I know that the laying aside of this body of mine will come speedily, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. American Standard Version (1901) knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me. Common English Bible After all, our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I am about to depart from this life. Catholic Public Domain Version For it is certain that the laying to rest of this, my tabernacle, is approaching swiftly, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has also indicated to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me. |
Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.
Simon Peter asked him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus replied, ‘Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.’
‘Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.’ So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.
‘Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.
I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,